Adopted baby boy brought to new family by firefighters

A firefighter’s co-workers are more than just someone they work with daily. They become an extended family.

Now one Maryland couple can thank their station’s brothers and sisters for their new arrival.

Michael Faherty and Karen Faherty met at college. After school, they both served in the Army and finally settled in Baltimore. Michael Faherty is now a firefighter with the Anne Arundel Fire Department, and Karen Faherty is a nurse at the University of Maryland Medical Center, WJLA reported.

The couple decided to adopt a baby when they were not able to overcome infertility.

“I did not hand that baby to that mother while she was on the steps, stunned, shocked, filled with adrenaline,” Kirschner told WJLA. “I waited until she was inside. Then, when the two of them were sitting together, I placed the baby in their arms.”